Opera do Malandro (1986)
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Malandro is a Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s. Likeable prostitute Fabio Sabag is fired from her nightclub job. Fabio's pimp Edson Celulari vows vengeance upon the girl's odious ex-boss. Celulari sets about to seduce the club owner's daughter Claudia Ohana, but she proves to be no pushover. The play on which this film is based was very obviously influenced by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, especially The Threepenny Opera and Happy Days. Malandro was released in Brazil as Opera do Malandro. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Edson Celulari, Claudia Ohana, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ruy Guerra
Synopsis of Opera do Malandro
Malandro is a Brazilian musical set in the Rio of the 1940s. Likeable prostitute Fabio Sabag is fired from her nightclub job. Fabio's pimp Edson Celulari vows vengeance upon the girl's odious ex-boss. Celulari sets about to seduce the club owner's daughter Claudia Ohana, but she proves to be no pushover. The play on which this film is based was very obviously influenced by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, especially The Threepenny Opera and Happy Days. Malandro was released in Brazil as Opera do Malandro. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Opera do Malandro
- Edson Celulari - Max Overseas
- Elba Ramalho - Margot
- Fabio Sabag - Otto Struedel
- Wilson Grey - Satiro Bilhar
- Claudia Gimenez - Fiorella
- Djenane Machado - Shirley Paquete
- Julio Levy
- Breno Moroni
- Ilva Nina - Doris Pelanca
- Marcos Vinicius
- Claudia Ohana - Ludmila Struedel
- Ney Latorraca - Tigrao
- J.C. Violla - Geni
- Maria Silvia - Victoria Struedel
- Andreia Dantas - Fichinha
- Katia Bronstein - Mimi Bibelo
- Carlos Loffler
- Zenaide - Dorinha Tubao
- Lutero Luiz - Porfirio
- Claudio Moreno
- Director(s):
- Ruy Guerra
- Writer(s):
- Orlando Senna, Ruy Guerra, Chico Buarque
- Producer(s):
- Marin Karmitz, Ruy Guerra
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